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Influence of TBI Impairments and Related Caregiver Stress on Family Needs in Guadalajara, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2013

Connie Sung ,
Paul B. Perrin ,
Melody Mickens ,
Teresita Villaseñor Cabrera ,
Miriam Jimenez-Maldonado ,
Maria Luisa Martinez-Cortes  and
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla
Connie Sung
Affiliation:
Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
Paul B. Perrin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA
Melody Mickens
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA
Teresita Villaseñor Cabrera
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Guadalajara University, Guadalajara, Mexico
Miriam Jimenez-Maldonado
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Guadalajara University, Guadalajara, Mexico Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico
Maria Luisa Martinez-Cortes
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosciences, Guadalajara University, Guadalajara, Mexico
Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Deusto, IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
*
Corresponding author: Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla IKERBASQUEResearch Professor Department of PsychologyUniversity of Deusto Bilbao, Spain Email: jcarango@deusto.es
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Abstract

This study recruited 90 traumatic brain injury (TBI) caregivers from Guadalajara, Mexico to examine influences of five domains of TBI impairment and related caregiver stress on five types of family needs. Canonical correlations suggested that greater social impairment in individuals with TBI and related caregiver stress were associated with higher informational, household and health needs in families. Meanwhile greater physical impairments in individuals with TBI and related caregiver stress were associated with higher household needs. Additionally, greater emotional impairments in individuals with TBI and related caregiver stress were associated with higher informational needs. Caregiver interventions targeting specific TBI impairments and related caregiver stress may meet family needs and thereby improve the quality of informal care for their family members with TBI.

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Latin AmericaTBI impairmentscaregiversfamily needs
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 19 , Special Issue 2: Family Support and Adjustment Following Acquired Brain Injury: An International Perspective , December 2013 , pp. 100 - 118
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Copyright © The Author(s), published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Australian Academic Press Pty Ltd 2013 

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